Immediate Release – January 2017

Salt Lake City-based Tru-Cut Acquires Trade Print Finishing

Salt Lake City, UT (January 3, 2017) – Die manufacturer Tru-Cut, LLC today announced its acquisition of Trade Print Finishing, the leading provider of print enhancements for the graphic arts industry in the Intermountain West. Terms of the sale were not disclosed.

Founded in Salt Lake City in 1979, Tru-Cut designs and manufactures highly customized crating products, rotary and flat steel rule dies, provides die, laser and CNC table cutting, gluing and folding services. Its acquisition of Trade Print Finishing will provide a complete, one-stop solution that includes die design and production, UV coating, engraving, embossing and other leadingedge finishing services.

“We are excited to add Trade Print Finishing to our portfolio of industry-leading products and services,” said Tru-Cut President Kevin Ball. “For more than 65 years, Trade Print Finishing has been synonymous with extremely high quality finishing services throughout the Intermountain West region. We plan to continue investing in and building our combined company, and we are singularly focused on offering our customers, both new and old, the best products and services in the region.”

Tru-Cut was established in Salt Lake City in 1979, and the company recently moved to a larger facility at 3045 West Directors Row, Unit B, Salt Lake City, Utah 84104, to better serve its customers.

“I am very pleased to partner with Tru-Cut,” said Brad Van Leeuwen, President of Trade Print Finishing, “I have known Kevin for decades, and I could not ask for a better steward of our business. Our companies complement each other, and I’m confident that all stakeholders will benefit – customers through a stronger and more versatile vendor and employees from a more vibrant and successful employer. I look forward to bigger and better things as a result of this union.”

ABOUT TRU-CUT

Founded in Salt Lake City in 1979, Tru-Cut (Tru-Cut.net) designs and manufactures highly customized crating products, rotary and flat steel rule dies, provides die, laser and CNC table cutting, gluing and folding services.

ABOUT TRADE PRINT FINISHING

Trade Print Finishing (Tradeprintfinishing.com), the leading provider of print enhancement for the graphic arts industry in the Intermountain West, offers a wide selection of specialty printing enhancements that add high-quality and tangible dimension to printed products.

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Contact

Kevin Ball
kevin@tru-cut.net
(801) 261-9401